Android Question To develop layouts what is best: Code or Designer?

[Nuno Durães]

Good Morning,

In layout creation, we can use Designer or do everything via code.
The designer is undoubtedly more practical, but is it more effective?
Is it more efficient to develop the layout in the designer or write all the code?

Anticipated thanks

 

[Erel]

What do you mean with "efficient"? Faster performance? Don't be bothered about such things. Both will be very fast.

 

[Nuno Durães]

What do you mean with "efficient"? Faster performance? Don't be bothered about such things. Both will be very fast.

Hello Erel,

I remember reading in one of your posts that in something more professional, you would develop the layout by code.
(I might have misinterpreted)
But anyway, it made me wonder if there really is any difference between these options.

 

[Erel]

one of your posts that in something more professional, you would develop the layout by code.

No. I never wrote such thing. I recommend using the designer whenever possible.
This is especially important if you are building cross platform solutions.

 

[Nuno Durães]

I misunderstood then.
Thanks

 

[aeric]

I have seen someone develops his project using code to generate the layout. It's difficult for me to modify the design. Think of others who take over the source code in the future. Unless something that need to be change during the runtime, it's better to use layout designer.

 

[teddybear]

Both are the best and have their own advantages. To develop layouts Designer is simpler and more convenient(WYSIWYG)，Code is more flexible and extendible. most of the time, I use them together

 

[Nuno Durães]

Hi,
This was just a curiosity. I don't prefer using one instead of another. I use them together, but in complex projects this way may bring more difficult to maintain the source? I think so.
Thanks